False Futures have wasted no time in carving out their own corner within the London indie scene. With just three singles behind them, the quartet is already gaining a reputation for songs that balance youthful defiance with raw intimacy. Their new release, Under The Same Sun, feels like a turning point, a track that takes the energy of their early shows and transforms it into something bigger whose accompanying music video, filmed at the atmospheric Dungeness location, perfectly captures the song's themes of youth and belonging. Written years ago as an instrumental during Mathew Conner’s first summer in the city, it has finally found its voice in a chorus that lingers like a rallying cry.
What begins with an image of school kids selling sweets from their backpacks quickly widens into a meditation on rebellion, conformity, and the freedom to choose your own path. Conner’s delivery, marked by his Northern tone, makes the lyrics sound less like performance and more like conversation, as though he is passing down advice to anyone who has felt caught between expectation and self-expression. Recorded in a small North London room, the track carries the spirit of do it yourself ingenuity while also reaching for the widescreen emotion of a classic indie anthem. “This track is a pat on the back to my younger self; a reminder to do as you please with your time on earth,” he explains. “The good, the bad, the alright, everything that has ever happened has done so, under the same sun, and that's all the guarantee you're getting.”
The release arrives just as False Futures prepare for their debut UK headline tour, with shows in Liverpool, Glasgow, Manchester, Hull, and London. Formed in 2023, the band has built their reputation the old-fashioned way, one gig at a time, and Under The Same Sun feels like the natural next step. Expansive yet intimate, scrappy yet refined, the single captures the contradictions that define False Futures and makes it clear they are not just another new band on the circuit.